Peter Spier book - 3 verses with story & pics to help with words
Reallygoodstuff.com - history sheets, flamboyant flags with younger elem, regular flags with words written on, blank ones take their test on
Dialogue or story of the night it was written - history of when he wrote it that night
Phrase strips to put in order
Fill-in-the blank
Sing for athletic events & at concerts
Francis Scott Key - "dress-up" come in & talk about it
Musical Mysteries - 3/4 pages for SSB
Music K-8 word search
Crossword - every word is in the song
McCool - made cupcakes for each student then read a brief history over the intercom & then choir sang it
JH/HS Vocal:
JH - unison, strive for 2 pt
SH - 3 pt SSA arrangement (Angie has)
JH/HS Instrumental:
Perform various arrangements of the SSB. Record and have students evaluate different arrangements.
Have students find five different performances of the SSB on youtube or other video sites.
Music Expression/Interpretation:
Phrasing
Tempo
Articulations
Questions for January 2011:
1. Were all the kids able to perform the song successfully? Why or why not?
2. What went over well and what did not?
3. Feedback from school, community, stakeholders?
4.
The Star Spangled Banner - Smithsonian Site
Website with many lesson plans:
http://www.thenationalanthemproject.org/teachermaterial/naptm_START.html
BRAINSTORMING:
Vocal Music:
Elementary:
JH/HS Vocal:
JH/HS Instrumental:
Questions for January 2011:
1. Were all the kids able to perform the song successfully? Why or why not?
2. What went over well and what did not?
3. Feedback from school, community, stakeholders?
4.